Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
Three-Quarters of Countries Face Below-Replacement Fertility by 2050
Global fertility rates have fallen from five children per woman in the mid-twentieth century to 2.2 today, with approximately half of countries now below the 2.1 replacement threshold, according to data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. Mexico’s rate dropped from seven children Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
How Can England Possibly Be Running Out of Water?
England has declared a “nationally significant” water shortage as reservoirs dropped to 67.7% capacity, their lowest levels in at least a decade. The UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology warned of exceptionally low river flows while groundwater continues dwindling across the country. Hosepipe bans now affect all of England, with Read more…
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95% of Generative AI Pilots at Companies Are Failing
State of AI in Business 2025, a new report published by MIT’s NANDA initiative, reveals that while generative AI holds promise for enterprises, most initiatives to drive rapid revenue growth are falling flat. Despite the rush to integrate powerful new models, about 5% of AI pilot programs achieve rapid revenue Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
AI ‘Business Agents’ Will Kill SaaS by 2030, Says Microsoft
Traditional business applications will become the mainframes of the 2030s – functioning but obsolete systems replaced by AI agents, predicts Microsoft corporate vice president Charles Lamanna. AI agents featuring generative AI interfaces, goal-oriented processing, and vector databases will supplant today’s form-driven, workflow-based enterprise software within five years, said Lamanna, who Read more…
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LinkedIn Is the Fakest Platform of Them All
“LinkedIn doesn’t know me anymore,” someone complained to me recently. “What do you mean?” I asked. She explained that the platform has replaced the old “recommended jobs” section, which used to show her quite useful job openings based on her previous searches and CV, with an AI search engine that Read more…